[mythtv-users] Few questions

MacNean dardack at nycap.rr.com
Wed Jul 9 23:46:09 EDT 2003


OK from what i can tell all services i don't need aren't running.  i
think i only have the minimal running services as far as i can tell.  
ok the source is there specific site for recompliling my kernel for
mandrake and althlon.  anyways thanks for your suggestions.

-MacNean


On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 22:40, David A. Mason wrote:
> At this level, the fact that it's Mandrake shouldn't be too awfully
> important.
> 
> I'd look at the services control in Mandrake Control Center to see if
> there are some background tasks that you don't need.
> 
> I understand that there are some large performance gains to be found in
> recompiling the kernel with Athlon as the specified processor type; the
> stock kernel is more generically compatible, and won't sport some of the
> optimizations possible with an Athlon-specific compilation.
> 
> DAM
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MacNean [mailto:dardack at nycap.rr.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 19:35
> To: David A. Mason
> Cc: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Few questions
> 
> 
> I even went into FVWM and it's still not great, i need some help, should
> i use Debian i'm using mandrake 9.1 and it was easy to install
> everything for myth, i'm also having audio syncing problems, this
> shouldn't be right?
> 
> -MacNean
> 
> On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 20:57, David A. Mason wrote:
> > Maybe you should have a look at what daemons are running, or perhaps 
> > you are a little slim when it comes to RAM.
> > 
> > I've got a P3/500 with 256MB of RAM, a GeForce 4 MX with Nvidia's 
> > drivers, and a PVR250, and live TV, DVD playing, and DivX playing are 
> > all as smooth as silk, all on top of Gnome at 800x600.
> > 
> > Otherwise, you might consider recompiling some of your packages - 
> > especially the kernel, and perhaps rpm --rebuild your X server and 
> > desktop environment.
> > 
> > When building mine, I paid close attention to not installing _all_ the
> 
> > packages, but rather just what I would need connected to my TV for 
> > MythTV and moviewatching.
> > 
> > DAM
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net 
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of MacNean
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 5:40 PM
> > To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Few questions
> > 
> > 
> > I have the PVR 250,is a althlon 700 fast enough for live tv on another
> 
> > window manager, in KDE it's like choppy.  what manager should i use?
> > 
> > Also will a usb gravis gamepad work with mythgame and anyone know 
> > somewhere to get info on installing and working this pad?  know off 
> > topic but have searched web and not really found anything.
> > 
> > ok that's it for now.  thanks
> > 
> > -MacNean
> > 
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